Ubuntu should detect the drive and allow you to mount it.įrom your screenshot, it seems as though your drive is just toast and no longer works (note the No Media message). Mkfs.vfat -n 'pendrive-name' -I /dev/sdb1Īfter that you may eject the drive with sudo eject /dev/sdb When you see /dev/sdb (and its partition sdb1), run the following commands to format your drive umount /dev/sdb1 If it is, copy any data over that you'd like to save and format from that machine.įirst try to see your volumes by writing fdisk -l If you want to avoid data loss, try to see if the drive is recognizable from another machine. Then, click the Confirm button in the top menu.Īfter some time, your drive should have successfully formatted and you will be able to see the volume mount on Ubuntu. I'd recommend you use FAT32, but the choice is yours. From there, select the type of filesystem that you'd like to format the drive to. Right-click on that partition and go to the 'Format To.' option. Now, select your drive in GParted, and choose the partition that should appear. This solves some problems even though it seems unlikely in this case.Īfter finishing the reboot, open GParted and try to see if the drive (and the volume contained within) are visible.
